John Yoh | Animal Bikes

Animal Bikes have released their first official edit featuring John Yoh of the Chocolate Truck crew. The video was released earlier today via The Come Up and was filmed and edited by John’s brother Evan with additional filming provided by Justin Benthien. John’s introductory edit is full of solid street riding from Philadelphia and the surrounding areas that’s sure to get you hype to go out and ride. Click play and enjoy.

Niranonta Insta Edit

The Niranonta brothers, Ryan and Joe, are back at it with a new eight and a half minute long Insta edit composed of footage shot on iPhones over the past couple of years. The video dropped yesterday on YouTube and features riding from both Ryan and Joe along with a number of the Chocolate Truck crew and some of their affiliates. The footage was shot around filming for the follow-up to the Chocolate Truck crews self titled 2013 DVD release and includes a few from the Animal ‘Facts’ video as well. Although most of this footage has already been released on Instagram the Niranonta brothers are doing a great job holding us over until the release of CT2.

Animal Bikes – “Facts”

Animal Bikes released their latest video “Facts” online on Monday, December 19th. The video premiered on the Animal Bikes website and a physical premiere was held at Ethik Clothing Co. in New York the night before as part of the Ethik / Animal collab release party. The video was edited by Ryan Navazio and features full sections from Matt Miller, Andrew Castaneda, Ryan Niranonta and Colin Varanyak. After you’re done watching make sure you check out the Ride BMX interview with Ryan Navazio and behind the scenes photo gallery shot by Harrison Boyce from “Facts”.

Animal “Facts”: Ryan Navazio Interview & Photos

Ride BMX has posted an interview conducted by Jeff Zielinski with Ryan Navazio about the new Animal Bikes video “Facts” which premiered in New York last night. The video is scheduled to premiere online through Ride BMX tomorrow, Monday, December 19th. Navaz provides some behind the scenes insight through out the interview and gives us a better idea what to expect laced with some choice photos shot by Harrison Boyce. Make sure you check out the full interview and photo gallery by clicking here.

Ryan Niranonta Mix

Ryan Niranonta put together this heavy mix of footage of himself and some of the Chocolate Truck crew & friends. The video is mostly filmed in the Philadelphia area but also includes footage from Baltimore and Arizona. Keep your eyes peeled for Ryan in the upcoming Animal Bikes video as well as his forthcoming part in Chocolate Truck Two.

Photo Gallery: Chris Marshall Throwback Thursday

James Hess – A-town got the spots and James knows every cut. Topside Ice grind.

Chris Marshall has been one of the premier BMX photographers on the East Coast for a number of years now. His work has been featured in both print and digital formats through some of the most respected names in the BMX industry. As of late, Marshall has been working closely with Animal Bikes, but was kind enough to take some time out of his busy schedule to handpick and caption some photos shot in Pennsylvania over the years for this throwback gallery. You can check out the entire gallery after the jump.

Photos and captions by Chris Marshall.

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FAT Favourites | Ryan Niranonta

Ryan Niranonta is the subject of the latest FAT Favourites interview posted on the FAT BMX website. You can check out the interview by clicking here. And in case you missed it, you can catch some footage of Ryan in the “Animal Bikes 88th Street Plaza Jam” video by Ride BMX after the jump.

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Skavenger X Atown Trash Frame Promo

Over the last few weeks some photos and videos have turned up online of the new Skavenger X Atown Trash collaboration frame. Animal Bikes dropped a promo for the frame on their website today with the news that the frame is now available. The promo features the Atown Trash crew including Knick Smith, Derek Payne, Fateem Williams, McLovin’, Chopper, Dustin Clewell and many more. The Skavenger X Atown Trash frame is available for purchase through the Animal Bikes online store.

Top 12 Videos Of 2014

Top 12 Videos Of 2014

Every year, we post countless videos on this site. They are here one minute and archived the next. As part of our Year End web-series, we wanted to take a look back and highlight the videos that we felt were the best of 2014. Unlike last year, this list is in no particular order and is not based off of our website stats. Instead, this years list is based off the videos that stood out the most while scrolling through the list of videos from this past year. So sit back, re-watch and we hope you enjoy.

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Welcome To The Team: Matt Miller

Animal just dropped a “Welcome To The Team” edit on their site featuring Pennsylvania local and Chocolate Truck show runner Matt Miller. The video was filmed by Nick Barrett and edited by Ryan Navazio. This is one that has been a long time coming and we want to wish Matt the best of luck with his newly found spot on the Animal Bikes team.

Keep It Movin’ – Animal X Ride BMX

Animal Bikes put together this new edit titled “Keep It Movin'” for Ride BMX featuring a bunch of their East Coast talent. The video includes footage of Ralph Sinisi, Mike Osso, Nick Bardzilowski, Chase Dehart and a bunch of the Chocolate Truck crew including Matt Miller, Kevin Vannauker, Joby Suender, Nick Barrett, Joe Niranonta, John Yoh and more.